心理医生

心理醫生
xīnlǐyīshēng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 psychiatrist
  2. 2 psychologist
  3. 3 mental-health practitioner (used loosely in everyday speech)

Examples

Tā zuìjìn yālì tài dà, qù kàn le xīnlǐyīshēng.
She's been under too much stress lately and went to see a psychiatrist.
Zài Zhōngguó kàn xīnlǐyīshēng de rén yuèláiyuè duō le.
More and more people in China are seeing mental-health professionals.
Xīnlǐyīshēng jiànyì tā duō yùndòng, duō shài tàiyáng.
The psychiatrist advised him to exercise more and get more sunlight.

Tips

usage
In everyday Chinese, 心理医生 is used for anyone in the mental-health field. Technically a psychiatrist (MD) is 精神科医生, a clinical psychologist is 心理学 / 临床心理, and a counselor is 心理咨询; but in casual speech the distinctions blur.
culture
Talking to a 心理医生 still carries stigma in many Chinese families. The term is becoming more normalized in younger urban populations, partly driven by social-media openness around depression, anxiety, and therapy.

Stroke Order

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